How Did 9/11/01 Affect the Way We Live in America Today?

There have been many turning points in American History; however none have the same effect as September 11, 2001, and many Americans relate the day to the country’s loss of innocence. As a result of 9/11 many American’s lives were affected emotionally, physically, economically, and politically.

A month after the terrorist attack in the US, a war was launched by the United States. This war was known as the “fight back” war. It was the beginning of George Bush administration’s war on terrorism. The main theme of this war was to stop terrorism and catch Osama Bin Laden. He was the main person who planned this evil attack on September 11, 2001. Bin Laden’s trained groups that were called Al- Qaeda. The FBI had gathered evidences and discovered that the hijackers of the planes that crashed in 9/11 were trained by the Al-Qaeda. Many Al-Qaeda members had studied United States airports security and flight schedules. They were also trained and became certified commercial pilots in the United States. In 2002 the department of homeland security was created. This department has three main goals. The first goal was to prevent terrorist attacks. The second goal was to prevent people from bringing chemical, biological, and nuclear materials into the United States. And the final goal was to secure the safety of important buildings, bridges, tunnels, resources and leaders. Flying after 9/11 attack became very hard for people. They feared something bad might happen to them too. The government knew that they had to improve the security at the U.S. airports in order for people to feel save. The U.S. government established the Transportation security Administration in November 2001 to handle passengers and baggage screening and security at U.S. Airports. The TSA established a long list of items that could not be carried onto airplanes. These included box cutters, scissors, guns, fireworks, spray paint, and...

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International Political Economy (BUS4005)
John Hogan
Contents Page number
Introduction4
2.Microeconomics4
2.1New York4
2.2 Consumer Sentiment5
2.3Airline and Insurance industry5
2.4Foreign Oil5
3.Macroeconomics6
3.1Cost of War6
3.2Unemployment7
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3.4Balance of Trade8
3.5Security8
4.International Relations 8
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4.2Russia 9
4.3The Middle East 9
5.US Politics 10
5.1Presidency Approval Rating 10
5.2Iraqi War 10
5.3PATRIOT Act 11
5.4Conspiracy Theories 12
5.5Naivety 12
6.Sociology 13
6.1Sense of Threat 13
6.2Heightened Paranoia 14
6.3Effect of War 14
6.4Prejudice 15
Conclusion 15
Appendix 16
References 18
Bibliography 23
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